4.23.2012

T: tattoos, turtles

Remember when I divulged my
strange fascination with elephants? Well, here’s some more truth. I also love
turtles. What is it about me a slow, wrinkly, ancient-looking animals?

Once, when I was driving
down a neighborhood road on the way to Something Really Important, I saw a
turtle lying right in the middle of the road. I did the only natural thing – I pulled
over, grabbed the lost little turtle, turned around and took it home. He lived
in a box full of random backyard vegetation for the rest of the night. When I
got back from that Really Important Something I was off doing, we grabbed the
turtle box and took him down to a nearby park.

I’m pretty sure this story
makes me a wildlife hero, saving small animals from a terrible car-related tragedy.

Or a terribly irresponsible
animal killer that left a turtle to his untimely doom.